Two days later, Zhi Weizhong was in Huizhou, and received the good news of Yang Wenguang's occupation of Huili. He sent Li Zhaoliang and Guo Zun to lead an army of 20,000 to support Yang Wenguang, Li Zhaoliang had a prominent family and was the son of Li Jilong, the elder brother of Empress Mingde of Song Taizong. Li Jilong was a famous general in the early Song Dynasty, and in the first year of Qianxing (1022), Song Renzong ascended the throne, and Li Jilong, Li Xin, and Wang Dan were able to enjoy the temple court of Song Zhenzong. The tiger father has no dogs, he became the Dongtou worship officer at the age of 4, and later came to the Liaoxia border, repeatedly made military exploits, and is currently the deputy head of the Mabu Army on Qinfeng Road, and the deputy envoy of the Jingluo Recruitment; Guo Zun Shaoli military membership, brave and good at fighting, the official to the front of the palace command, with the fold of loyalty from Kaifeng to the border pass, for the fold of the loyal confidant love general.

Zhi Weizhong said to Cao Wei, who had just arrived from Tokyo: "Brother Baochen, the boy of the Yang family, it seems that he is quite capable now, and he usually does not show his dew, but he gave me a big surprise." You see, this military newspaper said that he first defeated Yeli Kuilang, and by the way, subdued the Uramuwei tribe, obtained 4,000 soldiers, and finally attacked Huili. Then he said: "Brother Baochen, you see this great victory, Yang Xiaozi said that his two battalions of musket troops played a key role; What kind of grenade, which can be called a magic weapon, can make the enemy soldiers turn on their backs and quickly disperse on the battlefield; I've seen muskets, but I haven't seen grenades. ”

Cao Wei came this time to transfer the defense with Chong Shiheng and take over the post of Chong Shiheng, while Chong Shiheng was transferred to know the Yongxing Army and was responsible for border defense. Cao Wei is the highest military governor in the land of Hexi, and he said to Zhi Weizhong: "Brother Xunchen, now we have a successor to the border generals of the Great Song Dynasty, you see Yang Wenguang, Guo Zun, Li Zhaoliang, Shi Yuansun, Zhang Kang and other young generals, will shine, I heard that there is a Dutou named Di Qing, only seventeen years old, with abnormal bravery, this time he shot Ye Li Kui Lang, it is worth mentioning." Moreover, Meng Ming strongly recommended him to me, and Meng Ming spoke very highly of him, saying that if he was cultivated properly, he would be the Dinghai Shenshen Needle of Liaoxia Frontier Defense in the future. I'll meet you then. Then there's the issue of muskets, and I'll explain to you later. After Cao Wei finished speaking, he took out two more pamphlets and handed them to Zhi Weizhong and said: "Brother Xinzhong, this is a policy written by Meng Juma, and the imperial court has promulgated and implemented it", these two books are Meng Ming's "Hexi Corridor Development Planning Policy" and "Strategic Plan to Deal with the Military Threat of Western Xia". Zhi Weizhong first read "Strategic Planning to Deal with the Military Threat of Western Xia", the more he looked at it, the more he devoted, and then seemed to forget the existence of Cao Wei, Cao Wei did not bother him, after reading for about half an hour, Zhi Weizhong put down the book after reading it and said: "A masterpiece of the world, within fifteen years, the troubles of Western Xia will be eliminated." He looked at Cao Wei and said apologetically: "Brother Baochen, brother, I'm rude, this strategy is really amazing, it's too valuable, I'm too fascinated by it." Cao Wei also smiled and said: "Brother Xinzhong, don't worry, when I read these two books, I performed about the same as you, and the official family was by the side at that time, and I forgot about it for a while." In the end, the two exchanged views on these two policy books in light of the current situation. Ready to execute these strategic plans,

Cao Wei suddenly patted his head and said: "Brother Xunzhong, I forgot to tell you about this musket, the imperial court ordered 10,000 pieces from the horses, with a sufficient amount of ammunition; In addition, there were five thousand mines, five thousand grenades. These weapons and equipment cost the imperial court 2.5 million yuan. I'll show you. Zhi Weizhong accompanied Cao Wei to the armory and saw a bright musket, a round mine, and a grenade. Cao Wei called a musket training team to come, and the training team had a total of 500 people, and the personnel of these training teams were all musket instructors of the army in the future. They have all received strict training from Meng Ming, Meng Ming spent three months training them, referring to the training methods of the People's Liberation Army of the Red Dynasty in later generations, practicing military posture under the scorching sun, fifty miles of weight-bearing cross-country, soldier fighting (military physical boxing), shooting training and other items, after three months of rolling and climbing, they have mastered relevant tactics and combat skills.

The training team is now called the head of the border army, and the grandson of their commander Cao Wei is Cao Ning, who is now the commander of the seven products. The members of the head team stood under the scorching sun, sweating profusely, they were in a column of fifteen, lined up in twenty columns, and the distance between each person was arm's length from the front and back, and the distance between each team was arm's length, horizontal, vertical, and oblique, and each team was a straight line. Cao Ning stood at the front of the team, leading the team to move forward, only to hear the team shouting the slogan: "one, two, one", and the neat pace shocked Zhi Weizhong.

Then the drill was carried out, the first shooting training: target shooting, shooting 100 meters away from the armor on the heart goggles, there were fifteen targets on the field, twenty teams shot separately, the first case of shooting was completed, Zhi Weizhong went to check, all hit the bull's-eye, and the iron heart goggles penetrated a big hole. The rest of the team continued to shoot; The second is grenade throwing training, the training ground tied these cattle and sheep, as well as a few batches of old horses, the throwing began, the team members pulled the line and threw out forty meters, hitting the position of this group of cattle, horses and sheep, only to hear a loud noise, set off a lot of dust, Cao Wei asked Zhi Weizhong to cover his ears, he didn't listen, at this time Zhi Weizhong was startled, his ears were buzzing, some couldn't hear the sound clearly, he looked at the training ground again, was stunned by the scene, only to see these cattle, horses and sheep, none of them were complete, all fragmented, flesh and blood flying, Appalling. Zhi Weizhong felt a chill in the back of his head and back, and his body kept shivering. Shocked by the power of the grenade, the straight road is a good thing to kill people and goods, and secretly happy for the Xixia dog in my heart.

At this time, Huili City was busy, and a large number of Song troops supervised the construction of fortifications by prisoners of war in Western Xia, and transferred a large number of war materials from Ningxia Village: grain, grass, ammunition, cement, etc. Huili City is actually smaller than Ningxia Village, with a radius of twelve miles, because Yang Wenguang's raid was relatively smooth, Huili's defense facilities were not damaged, and they did not need to be repaired, and they could continue to be used, and what they had to do was to reinforce. There was also a large amount of grain, grass, and weapons in the city. In addition, Yang Wenguang prepared a number of cauldrons on each city wall, prepared firewood, and boiled water to resist the enemy when the enemy army attacked the city. Yang Wenguang also sent scouts and scouts to spy on the military situation of the Western Xia army, and kept abreast of the movement of troops and horses of the Western Xia army in order to deal with it in a timely manner.

At this time, there is a newly built palace area in Xingqing Mansion, which is more magnificent, which is built by Li Deming, the lord of Western Xia, for himself, and is preparing for the founding of the country and the enthronement of the emperor. However, in the past two years, the Western Xia was unfavorable, and at the same time suffered from the attack of the Song and Liao countries, although they had sued for peace with the Liao State, but caused the treasury to be empty and the people's livelihood withered. I wanted to go to the Great Song Dynasty to send troops to fight the grass valley and forcibly plunder, but who knew that the Great Song Dynasty strengthened its vigilance, and went several times, but was repelled by the Song army, which made the Western Xia army suffer heavy losses. Now Xixia can't even send the minister's money. In the past, the Western Xia army could also set troops in Liangzhou and rob the merchants of the Hexi Corridor, which accounted for about one-third of the Western Xia's financial revenue. But it was preempted by the Great Song Dynasty, and at this moment the Silk Road is in the hands of the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Deming, the lord of the Western Xia, moved the dormitory to this new palace area, and at this time Li Deming was convening the ministers to discuss politics, Li Deming was wearing a Ming yellow python robe, and the robe was embroidered with a four-clawed golden dragon. Li Deming was a little anxious at this time, the envoy of the Great Liao chattered endlessly in the court, asking the Western Xia to cede the land north of the Wurahai City, this land, in later generations is the Baotou generation of the land of the Hetao, on the verge of the Yellow River, the water and grass are abundant, the land is fertile, it is the granary of the Western Xia, the Western Xia is impossible to cede, the envoy of the Great Liao also knows that it is just a sky-high asking price, sitting on the ground to pay the money, this time the envoy of the Great Liao has just been appeased and retreated. Yan Shu, the envoy of the Great Song Dynasty, stepped forward to greet him and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Xia, my emperor has a letter of instruction, please accept it." Yan Shu said and handed it forward, only to see that a minister in the palace wanted to go forward to accept it, only to see Yan Shu flash, and shouted angrily to the minister: "Who are you, you are so unreasonable, what qualifications do you have to collect it for King Xia, this is the edict given by my emperor to King Xia, and it can only be received by King Xia himself." After Yan Shu finished speaking, the ministers in the palace scolded him again and again, and a military general even wanted to draw his sword to face him, Yan Shu was not afraid, looked at Li Deming and said: "Why, doesn't King Xia receive the order?" Then the messenger can return to Tokyo and report to my emperor, can you? Yan Shu was about to turn around and leave after speaking, only to hear Li Deming shouting: "Song envoy don't worry, this king is not feeling well these days, and he can't bow down, and he has lost his manners, please forgive me, this king will accept the order." After Li Deming finished speaking, he clenched his fists vigorously, snorted secretly, and went down to take the order.

Yan Shu said again: "The third princess of Da Liao was assassinated, and the county lord Li Zhilan was the mastermind, please ask King Xia to hand over the county lord and escort him back to Tokyo for trial by this official. Li Deming was angry for a while after hearing this, waved his sleeves away, and said: "Song envoy, please rest assured, this king will give you a satisfactory explanation." Li Deming returned to his seat and wrote an edict, which read: "Because Li Zhilan secretly rebelled against herself, she assassinated the princess of Da Liao, caused a war, and took away the title of county lord and expelled from the royal family." If they are captured, they will be killed on the spot. Yan Shu was helpless when he heard it, and he felt that Li Deming was a hero, and he didn't miss the relationship between father and daughter at all, which was unethical.

Yan Shu didn't dig deeper, and then retreated.